Characters: Fearless
Toreador, Brave Bull, and any number of Spectators

Costuming:

Toreador
wears knee socks over jeans, white shirt and short jacket or vest. Pin fringed
paper patches to shoulders. He should have a red cape or jacket and a
cardboard shield.

Bull -
let two boys get under a blanket. Pin cardboard horns and features to head and
fringed paper tail to other end.

Spectators are dressed as
Mexicans in bright colors.

Setting: Spectators are
at rear of stage. Fearless Toreador is standing to one side, facing the Bull,
which is standing on the opposite side of the stage.

Fearless
Toreador: I am Don Sebastian Jose de Fernando. I am zee bravest and most
fearless Toreador in all Mexico.

As he says this, he struts
about the stage, waving his sword, red cape slung over his shoulder.

Spectators: Ole!, Ole!

Fearless
Toreador: Not only am I zee most fearless Toreador, I am also zee most
handsome.

Takes off his hat, smiles
and struts some more)

Spectators: Ole!, Ole!

Fearless
Toreador: Aha, you see. Zee bull, he is frightened of Fearless Toreador.
Oh, I am so brave. I am so brave eet is a shame. Zee bull, he weel not fight.
Poor scaredy bull!

Now the Toreador turns his
back on the bull and struts proudly over to the side of the stage, flexing his
muscles and brandishing his sword. Then he dusts off his suit, admires his
nails, primps his hair, etc.

While his attention is
distracted, the bull starts moving. He paws the floor, jumps a bit, the lowers
his head and starts toward the Toreador.

Fearless
Toreador:

He turns toward the bull

And now
Bull, watch out!

At this point, he sees the
bull charging toward him. Dropping everything, he runs from the stage